My wife and I went for a walk on our town park the day before the April 9 snowstorm. We just wanted to get out before things got nasty. April is like that. I found this stunning example of Fomitopsis betulina, the common Birch polypore, on a fallen Betula papyrifera (white birch) log, and thought it worthy of a studio portrait; and so I present it, fore and aft. I think it’s lovely
Here is the Flickr version, in black and white.
Meta: Pentax K-3, 100mm 2.8 macro lens at f/6.3, ISO 100, 1/169th of a second, key light and reflectors, several focus-stacked and composited images
#birchpolypore # mushroom #fungus #studiophotography
